Thinking through Cultures: Expeditions in Cultural Psychology

Abstract

Introduction: The Astonishment of Anthropology Part 1: Ideal of a Polytheistic Nature 1. Post-Nietzschean Anthropology: The Ideal of Multiple Objective Worlds 2. Cultural Psychology: What Is It? Part 2: Are People the Same Wherever You Go? 3. Does the Concept of the Person Vary Cross-Culturally? with Edmund J. Bourne 4. The Social Construction of the Person: How Is It Possible? with Joan G. Miller 5. Determinations of Meaning: Discourse and Moral Socialization with Nancy C. Much 6. Menstrual Pollution, Soul Loss, and the Comparative Study of Emotions Part III: Experiments in Criticism 7. Rethinking Culture and Personality Theory 8. Suffering in Style: On Arthur Kleinman 9. How to Look at Medusa without Turning to Stone: On Gananath Obeyesekere Conclusion: Artful Realism Notes References Acknowledgments Index